First printed in Dragon's Maze (2013)
All 3 prints
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Pioneer Masters (PIO) #328, 2024 (digital)
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Pioneer Challenger Decks 2021 (Q06) #5, 2021
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Dragon's Maze (DGM) #12, 2013
Hidden Strings 
Sorcery
You may tap or untap target permanent, then you may tap or untap another target permanent.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
In the last 30 days 0.2% of Pioneer decks played it (1 of 408). Most played in WUBRG (unclassified). In the last 30 days 7.7% of Commander decks played it (472 of 6150). Most played in Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy.
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Masters (PIO), Premier Draft | 43.9% | -11.5 | -3.6 | 782 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Staple
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Commander staples:
main deck, 8% of decks (#243)
Blue, Sorceries
Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.
Combos
3 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.
- Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite storm count: Hidden Strings + Narset's Reversal + Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
- Infinite untap of permanents you control, Infinite card draw…: Chromatic Orrery + Hidden Strings + Isochron Scepter + Narset's Reversal
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite untap of creatures you control…: Dual Casting + Hidden Strings + Twinning Staff
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Not legal
- Pioneer Legal
- Modern Legal
- Legacy Legal
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Legal
- Future Standard Not legal
- Historic Legal
- Timeless Legal
- Alchemy Not legal
- Penny Dreadful Not legal
- Premodern Not legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Legal
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Legal
- Pauper Commander Legal
- PreDH Not legal
- Tiny Leaders Legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Legal
- Standard Brawl Not legal
- Competitive Brawl Legal
